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A likelihood-ratio test of twin zygosity using molecular genetic markers.

Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Feb 2008

Erickson Stephen

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The importance of using multiple polymorphic genetic markers to determine unambiguously whether a twin pair is monozygotic (MZ) or dizygotic (DZ) has long been recognized. Concordance among a set of markers is used as evidence of monozygosity, as it would be improbable for DZ twins to be concordant at a large number of polymorphic loci. Several sources give a formula for the probability of two DZ twins sharing...

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PMID: 18251673
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.1.41

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